Putting bass strings back on

[Brian Trout]

Hi Steve,

Just a thought...

A good way to remember which way to turn the bass string...
Find the end of the wire (the wrap, that is).  It's not usually that 
difficult to find, especially on the larger bass strings.  Imagine that end 
having an arrow with the tip of the arrow being the tip of the wire.  Turn 
in the direction that the arrow (wire tip) is pointed.

As one or two other posts mentioned, how much to twist (or whether to twist 
at all is open to much discussion and may have something to do with how they 
were originally made.  Some manufacturers recommend twisting, some do not.  
(If I recall correctly, Mr. Sanderson makes bass strings that really don't 
need much of a twist at all.)

Just a thought or two.

Best of luck,

Brian T.







>From: Steve Borgstrom <orchman@attbi.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Putting bass strings back on
>Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:18:19 -0600
>
>I repaired a crack in the bass bridge apron on the piano shaped object I 
>currently own. 1st one ever for me, went ok with a little help from an RPT 
>friend (my teacher). Was able to do it only removing 8 strings, whooo hooo!
>
>My buddy left, I left the piano on the tilter overnight to dry. Put the 
>strings back on and remembered seeing somewhere that you are supposed to 
>twist the bass strings to keep the copper from rattling. I went 1 & 1/2 
>twists on each string and got it back together, put the action back in and 
>started in tuning.
>
>Got to the three lowest strings I had removed, F#1, G1 and Ab1. Tried to 
>bring them up to pitch and they sounded awful, muffled, just what I thought 
>the twisting was supposed to eliminate. Well, I loosened them, took them 
>off, let them go where they wanted to, metal memory speaking, and 
>reattached them. Tuned them up and they sounded just like the other strings 
>around them.
>
>My question is, what is this phenomenon? What causes it and how does one 
>know how much if any twist to put in when putting them on the hitch pins?
>
>Thanks all!
>
>
>Steve Borgstrom
>Brooklyn Park, MN
>
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